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Coming in October: NWBrickCon 2005
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lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.loc.us.wa, lugnet.loc.us.wa.tac, lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, lugnet.loc.ca.bc, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.vic, lugnet.loc.ca.bc.van, lugnet.loc.us.id, lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.org.us.sealug, lugnet.org.ca.vlc, lugnet.org.ca.viclug
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lugnet.events.nwbrickcon
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Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:11:00 GMT
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NWBrickCon 2005, a convention in the Pacific Northwest for Adult Fans of
Lego, will take place October 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2005, in Seattle. All
AFOLs are invited. This will be the fourth annual NWBrickCon. Planned
highlights include:
* MOCs
* public exposition
* Brick Bazaar
* roundtables
* build contests
* presentations
* lots of AFOLs
More details and online registration for the 2005 event will be available
at
http://www.nwbrickcon.org/
in the next few weeks.
--
TWS Garrison
http://www.morfydd.net/twsg/
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In lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, Daniel Brown wrote:
> In lugnet.market.shopping, Todd Kubo wrote:
> >
> > In some Walgreens in the NW - I came across 3 that were small enough that they
> > did not stock a large toy section. In all cases like this they had none.
> >
> > A few had them on endcaps, but mostly on the upper top of shelves, or wherever
> > the 3 for $11.98 section is.
> >
> > I asked one store manager if they would be receiving more. The response was that
> > once these sold out that would be it. The 3 for $12 would run until they were
> > out of items in that bracket and they would not necessarily get more. I guess
> > that would depend on the location. (re: what Larry said above)
> >
> > In one store, a fairly new one and quite large, they had none and didn't even
> > know what I was talking about. They responded that they had "everythign they got
> > out already" So go figure.
>
> After first hearing about this Sunday at NWBrickcon, I cleared out two stores in
> the Seattle area (Mercer Island and Ballard). I visited 6 other stores which
> were either out already or never got any to begin with. I would not be
> surprised if there were still some out there especially in the north end. For
> those who are still looking, besides the two I cleared out, also empty are:
> Capitol Hill, Central District, Bellevue, Kirkland (x2), and U District. I
> cleared out Ballard just last night. The employees gave me such shocked looks
> when I told them I wanted the lot. I ended up with 64 boxes (sadly none had the
> trans orange wedges) which I estimate is about a 20% increase in my total brick
> count. Score!
> --Daniel
Don't bother with the North End. I cleared out the following stores. :)
Greenwood, North City, Lake City, U District, North Gate and Downtown.
Boxes are in different lots. No way to tell but ones from North Gate all had 1x1
2/3 Trans orange slopes!!
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Todd Kubo wrote:
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> In some Walgreens in the NW - I came across 3 that were small enough that they
> did not stock a large toy section. In all cases like this they had none.
>
> A few had them on endcaps, but mostly on the upper top of shelves, or wherever
> the 3 for $11.98 section is.
>
> I asked one store manager if they would be receiving more. The response was that
> once these sold out that would be it. The 3 for $12 would run until they were
> out of items in that bracket and they would not necessarily get more. I guess
> that would depend on the location. (re: what Larry said above)
>
> In one store, a fairly new one and quite large, they had none and didn't even
> know what I was talking about. They responded that they had "everythign they got
> out already" So go figure.
After first hearing about this Sunday at NWBrickcon, I cleared out two stores in
the Seattle area (Mercer Island and Ballard). I visited 6 other stores which
were either out already or never got any to begin with. I would not be
surprised if there were still some out there especially in the north end. For
those who are still looking, besides the two I cleared out, also empty are:
Capitol Hill, Central District, Bellevue, Kirkland (x2), and U District. I
cleared out Ballard just last night. The employees gave me such shocked looks
when I told them I wanted the lot. I ended up with 64 boxes (sadly none had the
trans orange wedges) which I estimate is about a 20% increase in my total brick
count. Score!
--Daniel
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In lugnet.loc.us.wa.sea, Ryan Swarick wrote:
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What ones? I went to a couple today and had nothing.
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Try waiting a few days, they probably will get more. Walgreens uses automated
replenishment (we were told by some store managers) so stores that had a lot
taken quickly should get a large quantity as replacements.
For instance, Kim Toll, Frank Filz and I took 31 out of the Lake Tapps Rd
location, that should be one that sees a lot more come in, theoretically.
If you can find out what day they get replenished, that would be a good day to
hit them.
XFUT market.shopping
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